A post with a long quote from the book ...really really good. It's also instructive in terms of a somatic healing process which is really what I've been sharing for years. This author has articulated it with a brilliant clarity I've not seen before. ~~ "I know this may sound strange but so often what we are reacting to is not being able to tolerate what is happening in our own sensations, emotions and experiences. We react to get rid of the feeling, to push away the sensations, because they are associated with something intolerable, painful and uneasy."
Somatic Wisdom Technique 2, by John Keys
In this second part of using the Somatic Wisdom Technique, I’ll ask you to return to that place of discomfort to find out how to transform that area of distress. Start with picking an area of the body that you found to be the most “charged” or in need of greater attention and care. Then begin by sitting comfortable in an upright posture. For some that may mean sitting in a meditative posture with legs crossed. For others that may mean simply sitting in a comfortable chair.
Trauma, Fixation and Reactivity – (Somatic Experience)
Lately I've become more aware of how virtually all of my reactivity has an element of traumatic response in it. Somatic experience

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